C8051F320DK Silicon Laboratories Inc, C8051F320DK Datasheet - Page 171

• Manufacturer Part Number: C8051F320DK
• Description: DEV KIT FOR C8051F320/F321
• Manufacturer: Silicon Laboratories Inc
• Type: MCUr

Specifications of C8051F320DK

• Contents: Evaluation Board, Power Supply, USB Cables, Adapter and Documentation
• Processor To Be Evaluated: C8051F320/F321
• Interface Type: USB
• Silicon Manufacturer: Silicon Labs
• Core Architecture: 8051
• Silicon Core Number: C8051F320
• Silicon Family Name: C8051F32x
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Contains lead / RoHS non-compliant
• For Use With/related Products: Silicon Laboratories C8051F320, C8051F321
• Lead Free Status / Rohs Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Other names: 336-1260

All transactions are initiated by a master, with one or more addressed slave devices as the target. The
master generates the START condition and then transmits the slave address and direction bit. If the trans-
action is a WRITE operation from the master to the slave, the master transmits the data a byte at a time
waiting for an ACK from the slave at the end of each byte. For READ operations, the slave transmits the
data waiting for an ACK from the master at the end of each byte. At the end of the data transfer, the master
generates a STOP condition to terminate the transaction and free the bus. Figure 16.3 illustrates a typical
SMBus transaction.
16.3.1. Arbitration
A master may start a transfer only if the bus is free. The bus is free after a STOP condition or after the SCL
and SDA lines remain high for a specified time (see Section “16.3.4. SCL High (SMBus Free) Timeout” on
page 172). In the event that two or more devices attempt to begin a transfer at the same time, an arbitra-
tion scheme is employed to force one master to give up the bus. The master devices continue transmitting
until one attempts a HIGH while the other transmits a LOW. Since the bus is open-drain, the bus will be
pulled LOW. The master attempting the HIGH will detect a LOW SDA and lose the arbitration. The winning
master continues its transmission without interruption; the losing master becomes a slave and receives the
rest of the transfer if addressed. This arbitration scheme is non-destructive: one device always wins, and
no data is lost.
16.3.2. Clock Low Extension
SMBus provides a clock synchronization mechanism, similar to I
speed capabilities to coexist on the bus. A clock-low extension is used during a transfer in order to allow
slower slave devices to communicate with faster masters. The slave may temporarily hold the SCL line
LOW to extend the clock low period, effectively decreasing the serial clock frequency.
16.3.3. SCL Low Timeout
If the SCL line is held low by a slave device on the bus, no further communication is possible. Furthermore,
the master cannot force the SCL line high to correct the error condition. To solve this problem, the SMBus
protocol specifies that devices participating in a transfer must detect any clock cycle held low longer than
25 ms as a “timeout” condition. Devices that have detected the timeout condition must reset the communi-
cation no later than 10 ms after detecting the timeout condition.
When the SMBTOE bit in SMB0CF is set, Timer 3 is used to detect SCL low timeouts. Timer 3 is forced to
reload when SCL is high, and allowed to count when SCL is low. With Timer 3 enabled and configured to
overflow after 25 ms (and SMBTOE set), the Timer 3 interrupt service routine can be used to reset (disable
and re-enable) the SMBus in the event of an SCL low timeout.
SCL
SDA
START
SLA6
Slave Address + R/W
Figure 16.3. SMBus Transaction
SLA5-0
R/W
Rev. 1.4
ACK
D7
2
C, which allows devices with different
Data Byte
D6-0
C8051F320/1
NACK
STOP
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